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Loading... Cutting for Stone (original 2009; edition 2010)by Abraham Verghese
Work detailsCutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese (2009)
A book with great heart. I wish more contemporary fiction writers loved their characters and cared about social issues the way Verghese does. Unfortunately, this book was done a disservice by its editors; it should be 200 pages shorter. Ah, well. (  ) ElizabethAndrew | May 13, 2013 |  I found this book to be one of the most beautiful books I've ever listened to. The reader completely captured each character. This was a book I just didn't want to read, wasn't interested in Ethiopia. However, since I drive for a living, I always listen to audiobooks while in the car. This was available and thank goodness I got it. I hate to think that I easily could have missed a book this good. It will take me a while to completely recover and be able to do a better review. Whether you read or listen, you don't want to miss this book (  ) Dianekeenoy | May 12, 2013 | I shed tears after the last sentence. So sad that the book was over, overwhelmed by the humanity that poured out of Verghese's pen. Everyone should read this and savor every twist and turn. ( ) Elpaca | May 1, 2013 | I couldn't get through this book - it was just too slow to hold my interest. I know I'm in the minority here. Maybe I couldn't get into it because I'd just finished "Unbroken" which was remarkable. I might go back to this one later and try again, so I'll save the star rating until then. Cather00 | Apr 27, 2013 | What a fantastic book. I have not read anything better in a very long time. Has the feel of a John Irving title. ( ) librarian1204 | Apr 27, 2013 | no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0375714367, Paperback)Amazon Exclusive: John Irving Reviews Cutting for StoneJohn Irving has been nominated for a National Book Award three times--winning once, in 1980, for the novel The World According to Garp. In 1992, Irving was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Oklahoma. In 2000, he won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Cider House Rules--a film with seven Academy Award nominations. Read his exclusive Amazon guest review of Cutting for Stone: That Abraham Verghese is a doctor and a writer is already established; the miracle of this novel is how organically the two are entwined. I’ve not read a novel wherein medicine, the practice of it, is made as germane to the storytelling process, to the overall narrative, as the author manages to make it happen here. The medical detail is stunning, but it never overwhelms the humane and narrative aspects of this moving and ambitious novel. This is a first-person narration where the first-person voice appears to disappear, but never entirely; only in the beginning are we aware that the voice addressing us is speaking from the womb! And what terrific characters--even the most minor players are given a full history. There is also a sense of great foreboding; by the midpoint of the story, one dreads what will further befall these characters. The foreshadowing is present in the chapter titles, too--‘The School of Suffering’ not least among them! Cutting for Stone is a remarkable achievement.--John Irving (Photo © Maki Galimberti) (retrieved from Amazon Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:32:21 -0500) Twin brothers born from a secret love affair between an Indian nun and a British surgeon in Addis Ababa, Marion and Shiva Stone come of age in Ethiopia, where their love for the same woman drives them apart. (summary from another edition) |
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